A Different World — S03E13 — The Power of the Pen

1990 · 30 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · DIR. Debbie Allen

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Overview

Dwayne struggles with an assignment for poetry class, as the students must compose their own verses. William Shakespeare appears to him in a dream and stresses that his pursuit of a career in math does not mean that he cannot also appreciate poetry. He encourages Dwayne to write about something for which he feels passion. Whitley reads Dwayne's beautiful poem and believes that it is about her. She is angry and embarrassed when the rest of the class interprets the poem differently; it is actually about Dwayne's love of mathematics. Freddie juggles dates with environmentalist Livingston and Ron's handsome friend Ernest. Although neither relationship is exclusive, she feels guilty until she sees Livingston with another girl.

ComedyFamily1990s

Dialogue Timeline — 530 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:07 £ I know my parents loved me £
00:01:27 "and first I put my arms around him yes"
00:02:21 That's because my man "l" lives in the clouds.
00:03:16 Yes! Yes! Yes!
00:04:13 It doesn't have to be Shakespeare.
00:05:03 Alright, two messy melvins
00:05:56 Livingston, to me, this represents
00:06:49 And I know it's not food.
00:07:34 I have caught many a fine woman with a well-placed verse.
00:08:43 I sure did.
00:09:28 And this was not one of those times!
00:10:18 Yeah.
00:11:06 You're only 5'4".
00:12:02 you should have gone to vocational school.
00:12:56 Originally, I hail from stratford-upon-avon.
00:13:59 For ten pages in your balcony scene
00:14:50 but that we flourish.
00:16:36 Hi, you look nice.
00:17:29 Whitley.
00:18:30 Uh-huh.
00:19:28 Dwayne Wayne has written
00:20:41 "She is mine."
00:21:41 Mathematics? You can't write a love poem about mathematics.
00:22:42 Captioned by the caption center wgbh educational foundation

Cast & Characters

Jasmine Guy Whitley Gilbert Kadeem Hardison Dwayne Wayne Darryl M. Bell Ron Johnson Cree Summer Freddie Brooks
Charnele Brown Kim Reese
Lou Myers Vernon Gaines Dawnn Lewis Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor Glynn Turman Colonel Brad Taylor Sinbad Coach Walter Oakes Eriq La Salle Professor Paul Mann Alex Désert Livingston
Rueben Grundy Ernest Bennett
John H. Francis William Shakespeare
Abner Mariri Kobie

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed530
Dialogue density17.7 lines / min
First line00:00:07
Final line00:22:42

Production Record

DirectorDebbie Allen
LanguageEnglish

Factoids

Episode

A Different World, season 3, episode 13: The Power of the Pen.

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/115/season/3/episode/13
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